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So I just hooked up a dosing pump after having tested it all day and it looks like it siphoned all my All for Reef mix overnight into the tank and I only just now found out.
Alk spiked from 8.3 to 11.5 dkh. Tank is lightly stocked w corals. What should I do? Water change to get it back down?
 
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